Imagine your school is having a Summer Fair.

Children have been divided into groups to make and sell

their products.

Create your own problems!

Use the information on the following slides to create your

own multi-step problems.Swap your problems with a

partner and solve each other’s problems!

GROUP A SUMMER FAIR PROJECT

CARD SALE

FACT 1 :

Materials needed for 6 cards:A4 White Card (21cm x 30cm) – 6 Coloured paper – 3 sheetsGlue stick-1/4 will be used

FACT 2 :The selling price of a dozen cards is £ 8.40.

FACT 3 :Cost of 10 sheets of A 4 card is £ 112 sheets of coloured paper is £0.60Glue stick is 60p

Can you make up problems

involving…Ratio and proportion? Fractions?

%? Measures?

GROUP BSUMMER FAIR PROJECT

PIZZA SALE

FACT 1 :Ingredients needed for 2 pizzas:

Flour – 250gMargarine –

100gYeast – 2 tsp.

Tomato puree- 5 tablespoonsCheese – 200g

FACT 2 :I/4 of a pizza has 120 calories

FACT 3 :Cost of :½kg of flour is £ 1½kg margarine is £ 1Small tin of yeast (approx 20 tsp.) is £1.50Jar of tomato puree (approx 30 tablespoons) is £1.80250g cheese is £1.00

Can you make up problems involving…

Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures?

GROUP C SUMMER FAIR PROJECT

KITE SALEFACT 1 :Materials needed for 4 kites:Tissue paper (40x60cm) – 12Coloured paper – 2 sheetsGlue stick- 1/4 will be usedString -8 metres

FACT 2 :

The selling price of 3 kites is £7.50.

FACT 3 :

Cost of 10 sheets of tissue paper is £ 112 sheets of coloured paper is £0.60Glue stick is 60pString –200m is £8

Can you make up problems involving…

Ratio and proportion? Fractions? %? Measures?

GROUP D SUMMER FAIR PROJECT

CAKE SALEFACT 1 :Ingredients needed for 2 cakes:Flour – 500gMargarine – 200gSugar -250gEggs-6Baking powder- 2 tsp.Icing sugar – 100g

FACT 2 :

The approximate weight of each cake is 600 kg.

FACT 3 :Cost of :1 kg of flour is £1.40½ kg margarine is £2.00250g sugar is £1.50A dozen eggs are £1.80Small tin baking powder (20tsp) is £1.00250g icing is £2

FACT 4 :

Each cake is sliced into 12 pieces.

Can you make up problems involving…Ratio and

proportion? Fractions? %?

Measures?

SUCCESS CRITERIA1. 2 step problems2. Variety of concepts covered3. Variety of operations (+ - X ) covered4. Answers worked out

%

Fractions

Ratio and proportion

Measures

5. for PS3 s: Try to create at least one 3-step problem

Self assessment:

I have met criteria no. 1, 2, 3, 4 , 5 ( ?)

What I did well today …

I need more practice in …